OpenEuphoria

Re: Linux Torvalds on GPL2

• Posted by ags <eu at 531pi.co.nz> Sep 26, 2006
• 931 views

Ray Smith wrote:
> People makig there own closed source versions of Euphoria "won't" promote 
> Euphoria usage long term.  

For a start, I don't think people are that easily misled.  If someone makes a
closed source version, they won't be able to re-implement all of the user
contributions (this decade anyway) and will probably want to remain 'code
compatible' with the original to take advantage of that resource.   In that case
they will have little choice but to point their users at the user contributions,
the forum, etc. (or it won't take that user community long to cotton on to the
fact that they are available).

Also, once the opened version really takes off, and hopefully managed properly,
its performance and features will outshine all but the largest software developer
studio and the tools available will no doubt be much more abundant.

So once users of other implementations see the other versions available they
will be free to make up their own minds.  So like children, these children of
Euphoria will carry on the traditions or culture of this current user base, some
may be self centred and money grabbing and some may be free loving and sharing
touchy feely etc.  Some will survive and some will not.  Maybe the commercially
oriented ones (though I don't believe the source should ever be closed) will be
the ones that ensure the propagation of Euphoria into the future, maybe not?

I get the impression that many here are worrying too much about this.  The core
"Open Euphoria" will no doubt be a well managed project, and I'd say there's only
a handful of people in the current user base that will actually be able to
actively maintain this main branch; Rob will still be able to maintain control,
there will be disputes and code forks, etc.  All in all very interesting times
ahead :)

Gary